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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Cousin Betty by Honore de Balzac: the Baron's fault; his rake is dragged over every till within his
reach."
"Comte Hulot----"
"Oh, madame, your husband has already made thin air of the old
General's savings. He spent them in furnishing his singer's rooms.--
Now, come; am I to go without a hope?"
"Good-bye, monsieur. A man easily gets over a passion for a woman of
my age, and you will fall back on Christian principles. God takes care
of the wretched----"
The Baroness rose to oblige the captain to retreat, and drove him back
into the drawing-room.
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